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1. Hurricane Rita Disaster Response from the USGS [USGS_EROS_HDDS_RITA]
USGS EROS supported first responders and emergency services working in response to Hurricane Rita. EROS channeled vital imagery to state and local governments, FEMA, and other federal agencies. These ...


2. Hurricane Wilma Disaster Response from the USGS [USGS_EROS_HDDS_WILMA]
USGS EROS supported first responders and emergency services working in response to Hurricane Wilma. EROS channeled vital imagery to state and local governments, FEMA, and other federal agencies. ...


3. IPY-100 - Polar Field Stations and IPY History: Culture, Heritage, Governance (1882-Present) [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00471]
Field stations have been through one of the most salient and tangible features of IPYs since 1882-83 and through to the coming IPY 2007-08. Field stations, and the scientific expeditions that created ...


4. DISCOVERY-OEM: Ocean Ecosystems and Management [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00513]
Maintaining long-term food security in a changing environment is one of the greatest challenges to the sustainable exploitation of the Earth System, including its oceans. The well publicised collapses ...


5. Water Use - Industrial Water Withdrawal [geodata_0268]
Annual quantity of water use by self-supplied industries not connected to any distribution network.


6. HANPP Collection: Global Patterns in Human Appropriation of Net Primary Productivity (HANPP) [CIESIN_SEDAC_HANPP]
The Global Patterns in Human Appropriation of Net Primary Productivity (HANPP) portion of the HANPP Collection represents a digital map of human appropriation of net primary productivity measured ...


7. HANPP Collection: Global Patterns in Net Primary Productivity (NPP) [CIESIN_SEDAC_HANPP_NPP]
The Global Patterns in Net Primary Productivity (NPP) portion of the HANPP Collection maps the net amount of solar energy converted to plant organic matter through photosynthesis. NPP is measured ...


8. 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2002]
The 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) measures overall progress toward environmental sustainability for 142 countries based on environmental systems, stresses, human vulnerability, social ...


9. Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: 2004 Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_2004EVI]
The 2004 Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) portion of the Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 111 variables for 235 countries and territories. This index ...


10. 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2000]
The 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is an exploratory effort to construct an index that measures the ability of a nation's economy to achieve sustainable development, with the ...


11. Arc Atlas: Our Earth (CD-ROM) [ESRI_Arc_Atlas]
ArcAtlas: Our Earth brings to your computer a large collection of maps and information about the earth--its people, plants, animals, and their various environments and economies. Whether you're a ...


12. Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1 [CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_COMPLETE_V11]
The Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 426 indicators for 239 countries from five major environmental sustainability indicator efforts: the 2006 Environmental ...


13. Rwanda Society-Environment Project [NBId0262_101]
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY RWANDA SOCIETY-ENVIRONMENT PROJECT The objective of the project is to address natural resources management (NRM) issues in Rwanda through a collaborative program of training, ...


14. Maps Showing the Stratigraphic Framework of South Carolina's Long Bay from Little River to Winyah Bay [USGS_OFR_2004_1013]
South Carolina's Grand Strand is a heavily populated coastal region that supports a large tourism industry. Like most densely developed coastal communities, the potential for property damage and lost ...


15. Psychosocial study of human adaptation to living in Antarctica, PSICOANTAR II, Project Number 37, 2002-2004 [CDA_AR_PSIC_PSYCOSOCIAL_PROCESS]
En Espanol: Estudio Psicosocial de los procesos de adaptacion en grupos humanos en Antartida. Este Proyecto a realizarse durante los anos 2002 al 2004, estudia los procesos de adaptacion personal ...


16. U.S. Lightning Archive (DSI-9617) [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00059]
The Lightning Archive contains a chronological listing, by state, of lightning statistics. The reports are provided by the National Weather Service and contain statistics on locations, fatalities, ...


17. Expeditioner and family reintegration: Comparing ship-based and air-based personnel movement [ASAC_2562]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2562 See the link below for public details on this project. This project will: 1. Identify factors that promote psychological adaptation and resilience ...


18. 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2001]
The 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) utilizes a refined methodology based on the 2000 Pilot ESI effort, to construct an index covering 122 countries that measures the overall progress ...


19. ACID WATER SUSCEPTIBILITY WALES [EIC12]
Estimate of the vulnerability of surface waters in Wales to acidification from the effects of atmospheric pollution. Estimates made on the basis of the sensitivity of receptor soils geology, watercourses ...


20. African Water Stress Study for the World Water Development Report II [UNH_WWRDII_AFRICA]
Outputs from a Water Balance and Transport Model (WBM/WTM) were used to determine the spatial distribution of renewable water supply, expressed as the sum of local runoff and river corridor discharge. ...


21. Agricultural Land Use of Wyoming [WYGISC_LANDUSE]
The purpose of this data layer is to provide a digital layer showing areas of agriculture and agricultural chemical use in Wyoming. This layer was designed to be applied in the Wyoming ...


22. Climate Change in Canada - Impacts and Adaptation [Canada_GSC_ClimateChangeCdn]
Climate change affects all aspects of the Canadian economy and Canadian society as a whole. The Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program provides funding for research and activities ...


23. Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS) To Sea-Level Rise [USGS_OFR_2004_1020]
A coastal vulnerability index (CVI) was used to map relative vulnerability of the coast to future sea-level rise within Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS) in Maryland and Virginia. The CVI ...


24. Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CAHA) to Sea-Level Rise [USGS_OFR_2004_1064]
A coastal vulnerability index (CVI) was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sea-level rise within Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CAHA) in North Carolina. The CVI ranks ...


25. Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Cumberland Island National Seashore (Cuis) To Sea-Level Rise [USGS_OFR_2004_1196]
A coastal vulnerability index (CVI) was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sea-level rise within Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia. The CVI ranks the following ...


26. Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Gulf Islands To Sea-Level Rise [USGS_OFR_2003_108]
A coastal vulnerability index (CVI) was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sea-level rise within Gulf Islands National Seashore (GUIS) in Mississippi and Florida. The CVI ...


27. Coastal Vulnerability Assessment of Olympic National Park To Sea-Level Rise [USGS_OFR_2004_1021]
A coastal vulnerability index (CVI) was used to map the relative vulnerability of the coast to future sea-level rise within Olympic National Park (OLYM), Washington. The CVI scores the following in ...


28. Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico Coasts [USGS_DDS-68]
Coastal Changes Due to Sea-Level Rise: One of the most important applied problems in coastal geology today is determining the physical response of the coastline to sea-level rise. Predicting shoreline ...


29. DATABASE OF CRITICAL LOADS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS [EIC11_ATMOSPHERIC_POLLUTANTS]
The database comprises estimates of the vulnerability of the land surface of Great Britain to the effects of atmospheric pollution (particularly acid deposition), on the basis of air quality and the ...


30. Deepwater Horizon Trajectory Archive [TRAJ-MAP_BPOilSpill]
Beginning April 21, 2010, the modeling team at NOAA's Office of Reponse and Restoration (OR&R) began generating daily trajectories for the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill, continuing this work for ...


31. Digital boundaries of the Antlers aquifer in southeastern Oklahoma [USGS_OFR_aqbound]
This data set was created for a project to develop data sets to support ground-water vulnerability analysis. The objective was to create and document a digital geospatial data set from a published ...


32. EM-DAT: The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) International Disaster Database [CRED]
Since 1988 the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) has been maintaining an Emergency Events Database - EM-DAT. EM-DAT was created with the initial support ...


33. Estimated Population Density for Senegal (Modelled) from UNEP/GRID-Geneva [GNVd0122_104]
The Estimated Population Density data set for Senegal was created as part of an exploratory modelling exercise at UNEP/GRID-Geneva, in co- operation with the Catholic University of Louvaine in Brussels, ...


34. Hurricane Katrina Imagery from the NASA MODIS Rapid Response System [NASA_MODIS_RAPID_RESPONSE_KATRINA]
At the request of the U.S. Army and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the NASA MODIS Rapid Response System is providing daily geo-rectified images of the U.S. Gulf Coast region to assist in ...


35. IAI-Workshop-PROSUR: PROSUR Thematic Workshop [IAIDIS526]
This metadata makes reference to the PROSUR Thematic Workshop, which was help in Buenos Aires, in February, 2001. The workshop has been organized to develop a Human Dimensions component of PROSUR ...


36. IPCC NonClimate Baseline Data for Africa [IPCC_nonclimate_Africa]
Baseline information is available for the following sectors for Africa: Population and Human Development, Economic conditions, Land cover / Land use, Water, Agriculture / Food, Energy, Biodiversity. ...


37. IPCC NonClimate Baseline Data for Australasia [IPCC_nonclimate_Australasia]
Baseline information is available for the following sectors for Australasia: Population and Human Development, Economic conditions, Land cover / Land use, Water, Agriculture / Food, Energy, Biodiversity. ...


38. IPCC NonClimate Baseline Data for Europe [IPCC_nonclimate_Europe]
Baseline information is available for the following sectors for Europe: Population and Human Development, Economic conditions, Land cover / Land use, Water, Agriculture / Food, Energy, Biodiversity. ...


39. IPCC NonClimate Baseline Data for Latin America [IPCC_nonclimate_LatinAmerica]
Baseline information is available for the following sectors for Latin America: Population and Human Development, Economic conditions, Land cover / Land use, Water, Agriculture / Food, Energy, Biodiversity. ...


40. IPCC NonClimate Baseline Data for MIddle East and Arid Asia [IPCC_nonclimate_MiddleEast]
Baseline information is available for the following sectors for Middle East and Arid Asia: Population and Human Development, Economic conditions, Land cover / Land use, Water, Agriculture / Food, ...


41. IPCC NonClimate Baseline Data for Temperate Asia [IPCC_nonclimate_TemperateAsia]
Baseline information is available for the following sectors for Temperate Asia: Population and Human Development, Economic conditions, Land cover / Land use, Water, Agriculture / Food, Energy, Biodiversity. ...


42. IPCC NonClimate Baseline Data for TropicalAsia [IPCC_nonclimate_TropicalAsia]
Baseline information is available for the following sectors for Temperate Asia: Population and Human Development, Economic conditions, Land cover / Land use, Water, Agriculture / Food, Energy, Biodiversity. ...


43. IPCC Socio-Economic Baseline Dataset [CIESIN_SEDAC_IPCC_BASELINE]
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Socio-Economic Baseline Dataset consists of population, human development, economic, water resources, land cover, land use, agriculture, food, ...


44. Impacts of trawling on benthic habitats in the subantarctic and high antarctic - Benthic Invertebrate Database [ASAC_1189_benthic_database]
This project aims to assess the vulnerability of and risks to habitats in Australian fisheries in the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)/Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ) of the Southern Ocean to ...


45. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Scientific Assessments [IPCC]
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was organized in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). Four series of reports ...


46. Map and map database of susceptibility to slope failure by sliding and earthflow in the Oakland area, California [USGS_Map_MF-2385]
Mitigation is superior to post-disaster response in reducing the billions of dollars in losses resulting from U.S. natural disasters, and information that predicts the varying likelihood of geologic ...


47. National Topographic Series of Maps for Canada (NTS) [Canada_CCRS_NTSMaps]
The National Topographic System (NTS) series provides general-purpose topographic coverage of Canada at the 1/50 000 and 1/250 000 scales. NTS maps depict terrain features (landforms and ...


48. Pan-tropical Runoff for the World Water Development Report II [UNH_WWRDII_PANTROPIC]
Gridded fields of changes in runoff and river flow (discharge) due to historical and hypothetical deforestation from Douglas et al. (2005). Scenario 1 (Sc1, historical) compared distributed ...


49. Southeastern Louisiana Coastal Classification Maps - Pass Abel to East Timbalier Island [USGS_OFR_2005_1003]
This data set describes a Coastal Classification Map that extends from Pass Abel to East Timbalier Island. One purpose of the USGS National Assessment of Coastal Change Project is to provide accurate ...


50. Vulnerability and Recoverability of the Mojave Desert Ecosystem [USGS_MOJAVEECO]
The Vulnerability and Recoverability of the Mojave Desert Ecosystem is part of the USGS Place-Based Studies Program, to improve scientific understanding of desert ecosystem processes and apply that ...


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